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Unfortunately, alums in the humanities are less likely to have enough cash on hand to endow a major building than alums in business or science. As a result, it is much tougher to find people from whom money can be raised for more liberal-arts type concentrations. Without the huge financial resources of business-oriented or technical departments, these concentrations are at risk of being shortchanged with antiquated equipment and fewer faculty. This unfair scenario is replayed on a larger scale with the University's graduate schools; the Business School, because of its donor base, has far more resources than...
...time to get tough on the trade in all sorts of exotic pets. "We've got to crack down on people with animals that are known to be uncontrollable and dangerous. We don't care if it's a monkey, pit bull, cobra or hamster--we want tougher and better-enforced laws making pet owners responsible for their animals...
...safe to say that he will face much tougher competition this weekend than in the Army-Columbia tri-meet, when he won by over half a minute in the 1000-meter freestyle...
Furthermore, Bush's record in Texas includes legislation making parents accountable for weapons in their homes, the creation of weapon-free school zones and tougher penalties for selling guns to kids--all of which have led to a decrease in both adult crime (down 14 percent) and juvenile crime (down 17 percent) during his tenure as governor. Bush's goals on gun control are simple rather than depriving law-abiding citizens the right to legally and safely possess a firearm, we must enforce our current laws that restrict criminals access to weapons...
...With Gore's prime-time vow to fight on - and Joe Lieberman's morning refresher - still hanging in the airwaves, Bush legal ombudsman James Baker spoke a few words about "19 or 20 days of counts and recounts and more recounts" and how transitions were tougher for the candidate "on the outside looking in." Then he introduced Bush's new legal sergeants to the world...